Date | 3–17 October 1998 |
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Countries | Argentina Chile Paraguay Uruguay |
Final positions | |
Champions | Argentina |
Runner-up | Uruguay |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
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The 1998 South American Rugby Championship was the 21st edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.
The tournament was not played in a host country, but in different venues in each countrie participating.
Argentina (that played with the "development XV") won the tournament.
List of matches played:* Union Argentina de Rugby (December 1998). "MEMORIA Temporada año 1998" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (.pdf) on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
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